Why do the Perfect Diet Tracker recommendations never go below 1200 / 1800 calories?
Research indicates that if you go below a certain calorie intake your body enters a ‘starvation mode’, your body lowers your metabolic rate and tries to conserve energy. You have less energy, stop losing weight and plateau. Just what you want to avoid when trying to lose weight! It is a common misconception that eating a lot less will result in a faster weight loss, in many cases eating more may actually help you. You should always aim to eat all of your daily calorie allowance. If you find the software is limiting your weight loss consider increasing your activity level as this will in turn increase your daily calorie allowance. If you want to use a lower target you can override the softwares recommendations by switching to the direct calorific entry method.
